SINCE 1828
Hollerith machine
noun
Hol·ler·ith machine
| \ ˈhälərə̇th-\
variants:
or less commonly Hollerith
plural -s
Definition of Hollerith machine
: a machine for tabulating and sorting punched cards and tabulating data from them
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